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媒體英語會帶大家一起學習BBC撰稿人在報道世界大事時常用到的單詞和短語。
Background: 中國科學家近期在中國東部發現了迄今為止規模最大的恐龍化石群。專家說，自2008年3月以來他們已經成功挖掘出7600具恐龍骨骼化石，并希望借此破解這類龐大物種滅絕之謎。
Questions: 請在聽下面錄音的時候試著回答這些問題。這是一個用來幫助你提高聽力技能的練習。
1. How was the fossil field found?
2. True or False? The bones were all found in a single excavation.
3. What kinds of fossils have been found?
4. Which prehistoric era do the bones come from?
Dinosaur Find in China 中國山東發現恐龍化石群
Zhucheng in Shandong province is known locally as dinosaur 恐龍 city and has been the scene of several important finds since the 1960s.
But researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences say a fossil field 化石場 discovered during mining explorations 礦產開采 earlier this year appears to be the largest in the world.
3000 dinosaur bones have been dug up from a single pit 坑 just a few hundred metres long and several thousand others have been unearthed 挖掘 at a number of sites nearby.
State media say the find includes tyrannosaurus 暴龍 bones as well as what could be the largest duck-billed 鴨嘴恐龍 dinosaur ever excavated 挖掘.
Most of the fossils dated so far go back to the late Cretaceous period白堊時代, which is around the time when dinosaurs became extinct 滅絕.
The scientists say the discovery of so many remains in a small area could provide clues 線索 as to how they died out.
Detailed research on the fossil find is due to be published later next year but further excavations will take place in the meantime and the researchers are hoping to find even more dinosaur remains 遺跡.
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Answers
1. How was the fossil field found?
It was found during exploration for new mines.
2. True or False? The bones were all found in a single excavation.
False, fossils have been found in a several places near each other.
3. What kinds of fossils have been found?
Scientists have discovered Tyrannosaurus bones and the remains of a duck-billed dinosaur.
4. Which prehistoric era do the bones come from?
They are from the Cretaceous period.
